IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 MMCC
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES COURT
Date(s): 1952-1986
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 18.97 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Middlesex Magistrates' Courts Committee
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Middlesex Magistrates' Courts Committee functioned for the whole County since there was no borough with a separate commission of the peace, and its members included justices representing each petty sessional division in the County.
The Committee was empowered, amongst other matters, to make representations to the Home Secretary regarding any alterations of the petty sessional divisions. It also took responsibility for the appointment of the clerks to the justices and their staff.
Under the provisions of the Justices of the Peace Act, the Middlesex County Council assumed responsibility for the provision of petty sessional courthouses, etc, and for expenses incurred by the Magistrates' Courts Committee, so there was close coordination between the Council and the Committee on all matters involving expenditure.
Source of information: Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2nd edition, 1954), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Middlesex Area Magistrates Court Committee, 1936-1986, including minutes, agendas and papers; papers relating to Petty Sessions and papers relating to court houses.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
MMCC/01/01: Minutes and agendas;
MMCC/01/02: Minutes;
MMCC/01/03: Committee matters;
MMCC/01/04: Petty Sessional Division;
MMCC/01/05: Court houses.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Statutory deposit received in August 1998.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department records on Magistrates' Courts (reference MCC/CL/L/MC).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010